Book Friends Forever Podcast
Summary: Children's book publishing’s secrets are revealed as we listen in on fascinating, unguarded, insider discussion from two uniquely qualified best friends: award-winning author/illustrator Grace Lin, and one of NYC’s top editors, Alvina Ling. Go behind the scenes of kid lit and catch a glimpse of the lives of the best-selling author and editor, and the relationship between them.
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Podcasts:
Episode 47: Commercial vs Literary
Episode 46: How Heartbreak Can Make Strong Writing: a special episode with Jonathan Auxier
Episode 45: Q&A: Part 2
Episode 44: Looking Backwards, Looking Forwards: the decade in review
Episode 43: Gifts!
Episode 42: Q&A
Grace and Alvina talk about the perils of social media, using a recent Sarah Dessen twitter brouhaha as an example.
Grace and Alvina talk about one of their favorite topics: FOOD! What children's books made you hungry? And what do you eat while you work?
Grace and Alvina talk about how publishing is like dating--from reading submissions to finding an agent.
Grace and Alvina demystify school visits--how and why an author might start doing them, how to get paid, how to do effective school visits, and more. They also talk about author tours and how they work. And they end as always with what they're grateful for.
In honor of the first week of November and election day, Grace and Alvina look back on the pivotal 2016 presidential election and the effect it had on both their lives, and the publishing industry as a whole. And, they end as always with what they're grateful for.
In honor of Halloween, Grace and Alvina talk about what they were afraid of as kids, and what their fears are now, both in their personal and professional lives. And they end as always with what they're grateful for.
Grace and Alvina talk about co-hosting the Carle Honors together, and then answer a listener's question about Amazon. They talk about how they choose to exercise their power as a customer (or not). And, they end as always with what they're grateful for.
Grace and Alvina are together in Brooklyn, recording an episode all about the financial details of publishing, from both a creator's side and an editor's side (they each share their first advance and first salary!). And they end, as always, with what they're grateful for.
Grace and Alvina talk about the fourth tenet of happiness: social. They talk about how to make new friends in adulthood, and changing priorities. And, they end as always with what they're grateful for.
